Lake Pleasure Grounds
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
51.20163, -2.18037
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 127m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 127m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, House Sparrow, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Mammals — Wood Mouse, Hedgehog, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Snowdrop, Purple-loosestrife +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Imber Range Perimeter PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef IRPPLocal walking route
Mid Wilts WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
NCN 24 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route577 m▾
Named routeRef 24Length 577 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route10 m▾
Named routeLength 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route917 m▾
Named routeRef 24Length 917 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Empuru (red)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeWind hill bikepark
Ark At 'EE (black)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeWind hill bikepark
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Pass The Dutchie (red)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeWind hill bikepark
Blutopia (blue)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeWind hill bikepark
Feed 'Em To The Lions (black)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeWind hill bikepark
Photos
Boating station at Lake Pleasure Grounds, Warminster
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
37,534 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,534 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Green Woodpecker · Robin · House Sparrow · Grey Heron +39
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals9 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Badger · Brown Rat · Mole +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-barred Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Potamophylax +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Red Dead-nettle · Creeping Comfrey · Snowdrop · Fox-and-cubs +3
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,534 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Green Woodpecker · Robin · House Sparrow · Grey Heron +39
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals9 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Badger · Brown Rat · Mole +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-barred Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Potamophylax +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Red Dead-nettle · Creeping Comfrey · Snowdrop · Fox-and-cubs +3
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roe Deer
Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesiMuntjacMuntiacus reevesiRed FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesWater VoleArvicola amphibius2025Water VoleArvicola amphibius20252025
2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea20252025
2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025Events & activities nearby
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